Monument Rocks - Storm

Gallery: LandscapePosted June 7, 2012384 views14 comments

I took this about 40 minutes post sunset last weekend, after a storm cell had blown on by Monument Rocks NNL, western Kansas. I couldn't get closer (and be safe) in time to catch the lightning, so I had to crop this a little from both sides and the top. I know a more pano look will work also. The lightning is from the original exposure, including passing through the keyhole. I replaced the rocks with the rocks from a photo taken a couple minutes later from the same spot, as the original rocks were blurry. 7D, ISO 200, f/8, 13 sec. C&C always welcome and appreciated.

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14 comments

Comment posted by Stan Rose on June 7, 2012 at 1:56 PM

wicked, Rob!

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Comment posted by Bruce King on June 7, 2012 at 3:39 PM

Whoa! very cool. Nice catch.

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Comment posted by Rick Turner on June 7, 2012 at 4:19 PM

Sweeeeeet...

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Comment posted by Nathan Apodaca on June 7, 2012 at 4:29 PM

This is fantastic, and the bolt visible through the keyhole. Looks good to me, and the blend seems flawless...

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Comment posted by Mark Seaver on June 7, 2012 at 4:57 PM

How cool to get part of the lightning through the arch. Great job on the capture and processing.

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Comment posted by Lon Overacker on June 7, 2012 at 7:26 PM

This is just phenomenal Rob! Getting a bolt to show through the arch is one thing, but to have another such unique horseshoe-bolt in the sky too is downright amazing. I have to say I've never seen anything like this - in pictures, let alone anything like this first hand.

The amount of foreground here in inconsequential for me. This is just fantastic.

Lon

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Comment posted by Nick Bristol on June 7, 2012 at 7:47 PM

Wow! That's Really Cool!

Nick Bristol
Lone Rock, WI

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Comment posted by jack jaeger jr on June 7, 2012 at 9:06 PM

Wish i could get a good lightning shot, Good work !

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Comment posted by Yiming Hu on June 7, 2012 at 10:17 PM

Really wicked. Never seen anything like this before.

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Comment posted by Tonia Graves on June 7, 2012 at 10:37 PM

Perfect timing on this capture! Love that the lightning is visible through the keyhole. If this were mine I may consider cropping the foreground out as it doesn't add to the image. Nice work!

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Comment posted by Harry Lichtman on June 8, 2012 at 4:36 PM

Your timing was perfect. Like how you left things dark - really feel the mood. Must have been something to witness.

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Comment posted by Rob Graham on June 8, 2012 at 10:14 PM

Thanks everybody. This wasn't even the best lightning of the night, but I was out of position to capture any of it. I just barely made it in time to capture this image.

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Comment posted by Tony Kuyper on June 9, 2012 at 11:57 AM

That loop of lightening is one of the neatest thing I've seen in a nature photograph. What a great catch.

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Comment posted by Scott Smorra on June 9, 2012 at 8:31 PM

Now that is a cool image! I really like the shape of the lightning bolt and how it is visible through the arch in the rocks. Very well done.

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